Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 476-8300
08/12/2007 Posted by jnaiser60
Previous reviews were either 5 stars or 1 star. Seems the 5 stars were a fake review by employees, or some one else with a vested interest. We found the place to be nicely decorated, in fact we though it pretty cool. We sat in the bar, while waiting for the rest of our party to arrive. We found the bar to be very nice, however quite empty. I ordered a Vodka soda. The bartender snapped that they didint serve vodka, all they had was tequila and beer, which did I want? Well franky, I didnt want either. I am not much of a tequila drinker, and I didnt feel like a beer. My group (including myself) are big drinkers, and we are not kids. We apriciate good liquer and fine wines. I wasnt looking for fine wine in this place, but I did expect a full bar. Let me say that we did try the margaritas, and they were less than average. I moved on to a Mexican martini, that was just plain bad! They served it in the normal shaker that you normally get with a mexican martini, it was all ice. There was about 1.25 glasses of mixed drink in it. The waiter told me that it was mesured, and that is all that is what I was supposed to get. Here is my comment on the bar: The owner/manegement left a lot of money on the table, by not serving us what we wanted. Our bar tab was probebly 1/4 of what it could have been, if they had allowed us what we prefered to drink. If they were going to encourage people to drink margeritas or other tequila drinks, they should make them exceptional, not batch mixed, as they were. I think its poor business, to jump through the hoops to get a full bar permit, then not use it. Now for the food: The chips were served in a (dinner) salad bowl, so they ended up all over the table. The queso reminded me of the stuff from Sam's Club in the big one gallon cans that says Nacho cheese sauce (only thinner) My origanal review ran over by 1200 charicters. This is the condensed version. Bad food, Bad overpriced drinks, bad service, all a great looking place!
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Write a review and share your thoughts with others
